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New York Times, Thursday, October 21, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.0
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,913
Across
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Kind of flakes. : SNOW
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School: Abbr. : SEM
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Ribbon edging. : PICOT
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Hour, in Italy. : HORA
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Physics force. : DYNE
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Silly. : INANE
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Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Connected intricately. : INTERLACED
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Steeped barley. : MALT
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Man. : MORTAL
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Coal scuttle. : HOD
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One of the Fitzgeralds. : ZELDA
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Table linen. : NAPERY
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Said of a football. : INPLAY
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Death: Prefix. : NECRO
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Underground workers. : MOLES
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Hankering. : ITCH
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"La Douce." : IRMA
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Set firmly. : PLANTED
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Item on a boat sole. : HOBNAIL
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Madrigal. : SONG
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Prefix with phone or graph. : XYLO
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"___, in your flight ... " : OTIME
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Fulcrum for an oar. : THOLE
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Long-winded. : PROLIX
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Burning. : REDHOT
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Within an ___ (almost). : ACEOF
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Play it by ___. : EAR
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Puzzle. : RIDDLE
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Italian beverage. : VINO
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Groton, for example. : PREPSCHOOL
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Notion. : IDEA
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Cheer. : ELATE
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Pitcher's aims. : OUTS
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Cloth measures, old style. : ELLS
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Harps' cousins. : LYRES
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Material measure: Abbr. : WTH
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Protective edging. : WELT
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Mason's wedge. : SHIM
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Part of N. B. : NOTA
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Not written. : ORAL
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Mid-calf skirt. : WALTZLENGTH
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Church group. : SYNOD
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College starter. : ENTRANT
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Proper. : MEET
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Architectural feature. : PILLAR
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___ fog. : INA
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Hiding place. : CACHE
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___ two. : ONEOR
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One of the Roosevelts. : TEDDY
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Indistinctly. : DIMLY
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Southwestern farm. : RANCHO
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One side of town. : EAST
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Opinion. : POINTOFVIEW
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Rascals of a kind. : IMPS
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___ contendere. : NOLO
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Scheme. : PLAN
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Repeat. : ECHO
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Pastoral poem. : IDYL
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Fence part. : RAIL
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Opera role. : MIMI
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Scot's name. : ALEX
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Not native. : EXOTIC
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City section, for short. : BORO
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Take a partner for a dance. : LEADOUT
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Thoroughbreds. : HORSES
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Does a KP job. : PEELS
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Throw back. : REPEL
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Soon. : EARLY
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Bleak. : DREAR
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Vicuña. : CLOTH
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Oriental vessel. : DHOW
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Pointless. : IDLE
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Dickens character. : NELL
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Kiln. : OAST
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Soldier's title: Abbr. : PTE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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